Evaluation of a TG-43 compliant analytical dosimetry model in clinical 192Ir HDR brachytherapy treatment planning and assessment of the significance of source position and catheter reconstruction uncertainties

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-67

  Pantelis, E ^a   Papagiannis, P ^a   Anagnostopoulos, G ^b   Baltas, D ^b   Karaiskos, P ^a,c   Sandilos, P ^c,d   Sakelliou, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^c HYGEIA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETERS; DOSIMETRY; IRIDIUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

IRIDIUM 192; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; DOSIMETRY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETHRA; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345832288     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/1/004     Document Type: Article

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